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.00 Z.! .3.9.• 'nil 1;4 7' •_ Vsysi -/ f . . 40, V P "' • • 143;" • \ A V i , ; \O I , -Jr , :an+ Ara .1 it 1 ‘ 11- ' l ' VIWUIW 1 14 . / 111 / lo • , „ ITH WHICH THE " TRW F SUN" Is NOW INCORPORATED. 14,241. 140 N DONI FRIDAY y\rE TING, MAY 4, .18(.8 PRICE sd. TiIELONDON COFFEE AND EATING HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. A General Meeting of the Trade will be held at Anderton's Ho tel, Fl eet.street, on MONDAY next, the 7th inst., at eight o'clock in the evening, to take into consideration the resolutions of the Mid dlesex Magistrates, relative to the Licensing of Coffee Houses, &C. P. FOIII3ES, Hon. Secretary. Camb r i an 19, Great Russell-street, May 4, 1838. . eq ( IT ...._ to we t V i t e y s o .4441, , tiolVir4trj, as a .'" tri 1.- i ireLt he firm„ 's li gifeity'sllinis to f;',*akt**,o .-h© had not ' e VIA )140 - tit an that -. 'ot 103:gita \ _twon 1 tor ~, - It ?i0 it o f flit -- - *,---ve--Tii,y, ACHURCH -RATE ABOLITION SOCIETY. PUBLIC MEETING of this SOCIETY will be held on TUESDAY, the Bth of MAY (instead of Friday, the 11th of May, as previously advertised), at the CITY of LONDON TAVERN. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely. Admission by Tickets, which may be nad of Messrs. Liefchild and Co. 13 M 13, Piccadilly ; Messrs. JacL;,..^ and NValf or d , St. Paul's Church-yard; r. Dinnis, P`4l." ' 7 ow ; and at th e "P atriot " Office Bolt-court, FI C (-4 " loster- Ft. PEEK, Tr," street. T. asurer. H. B C. ;i - KETT, Secretary. No. tcfci6ftlink, THE CORONATION. ii.,_....3_____........___________ __ RATISH and Id SCHOOL SO. , , CIETY.—The TiII RTY-THIRD GENERAL MEET .P.I G of the above SOCIETY will be held in Exeter Hall ) on AloNonv, May 7, 1838. The Right lion. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, MP., and V.P., in the Chair. Tieketß of admission may Treasurer be obtained of William Allen, Esq., ; Plough -court, Lombard -street ; Messrs. Darton and !iilill'e3r, Gra cchurch-street ; Messrs. Hatchard and Son, Picea j; nessts. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Mr. J. Bagster, ri°;tertiostcx-row ; Mr. Davis, Sunday School Union Depot, Pater r-r-rew ; anti at the Central Schools, Borough-road. l'he doors will be opened at Eleven o'Clock, and the Chair taken at Twelve precisely. NEGRO EMANCIPATION.—CITY MEETING. A PUBLIC MEETING of the Friends of the Negro NVILL BE HELD at the City of London Tavern, on Wntmi:snar, the 11th of May, 193 S, at One o'Clock precisely, pro mote Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, for the immediate and entire ABOLITION of the APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM in the British Colonies. SAMUEL GURNEY, Esq., in the Chair. The Members for the City, and other influential Gentlemen, have been Invited to attend. I NEGRO fi;J:I*CIPATION. AT a numerous and highly respectable MEET ING of MERCITA Nips, TRADERS and Others, held at the LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE, Ludgate Hill, on FRIDAT the 4th May, 1838. GREAT MEETING AT DEVONPORc. W. T. COI'ELAND, Esq., Ald., M.P., in the Chair. It was resolved unanimously, I. That in the opinion of this Meeting it is highly important that the solemnity of her Majesty's Coronation should be observed with all the splendour that has been usual on such occasions, which is alike due to the dignity of the Crown of England, and to the gratification of the affectionate feelings of her Majesty's subjects. 2. That this Meeting also feels strongly impressed with the importance of this solemn ceremony, being conducted on a scale of magnificence, which will uphold the greatness of this country in the eyes of forei gn nations, many of whose representatives will be present. HENRY DUNN, Secretary, OPENINGwthe LONDON and BIRMING, HAM RAILW. ""FO VISIT ORS to I3IRMINGHAM will find every DOMESTIC RT, o n t h e MOST ECONOMICAL TERMS, at the COMMERCIAL TAVERN ( oppos i te t h e Old Church) BULL RING. Pubtlicisßwu,iiltdhiningsfi.ve minutes walk of the Post-office, and all the AND EXETER RAILWAY. Rei n C ALL OF FIVE P OUNDS PER SHARE. g the FOURTH INSTALMENT, and making, with former A et Shares are re „„ of I Calls, FIF TEEN POUNDS per Share. he Directors of thi s C ompany, acting under the provisions of the T n corporatio n , h ere b y give Notice that the Pro prietors of qred to ,on or efore MONDAY, the of Ma at anyui pay IN of the undermentiboned Bank s , the sum of Fivey :r°411(18 on each of th e i r respective Shares. LoNDON ...... ....Messrs. Glyn, Hal iiax, Mills, and CO. lAIVERPOOL ...... The Bank of Liverpool. 7clizBrrß.•.The South I:ancaslnre Bank. R sr oz. ......... .Messrs. Miles, Ihrford, and Co. ; Ames, and Co. ; Stuckey and Co.'s Banking Company, or at either of their Branches ; District The W e s i3 t a o n f k,orEngland e ithe r a o n f d S itsoßu r t h a n N e ir h a e le 4 s; EXE T The Natio na l P rov i nc i a l B an k o f England. ........ T he West of England and South Wales District Bank, or either of its Branches ; The Devon and Cornwall Bank ; Messrs. Cole, Holroyd, and Co. ; Milford and Co. ; Sanders, Sons, and Co. Who lutt'e been instructed to charge Interest, at the rate of Five Per CCIlt. Per Annum, on all payments made after the said Foal.- "nble day of May next. THOMAS EVANS, Proprietor. By order of the Directors, T. B. BADHAM, Sesreicry. Ipf L.'°. 3 0, Broad-streel, Bristol, April 17, 1838. IVISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY, Noti CON TRACTS FOR WORKS. n cn ee is hereby given, that th e Di rectors w i ll restive, at their cf "" i n Bros.& stweet, 13ristol, on or before TIMIDAT, the 29th foll Ma e t •Tzeal evtgeoLCloel, TENDERS !zit. the excreution of the CONTRA_OT 1, D. eThe Excavation and f rornntion of the Earthwork, and the Con ntrutir°Ciito"mopfleatiol r Br;-,'aes,. Culverts, and other Masonry, and the the perm . • (4zeepting the Materials for, and the Forming the end a c n e'', way) of that portion of the Railway extending from of L;;;; °' Contract Ns. 4, A (the Boundary ditch of the parishes N os 4 -- .psham and South Brent), to the Boundary-fence between : 71 and 75, in the parish of S ou th B ren t, a di stance o f a b out -.mile` and 5 chains. CONRACT 2, B. The Excav a tion and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con 14struction of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the ?e tire cans p l etion__(exeepting th e M ater i a l s f or, an d the Forming fro Permanent Way) of that porti on o f t h e R a il way extend i ng 41 the end of Contract 1, B, to the Boundary-Fenee, between l ' l ° 3 . 46 anti 47, ist the parish of Burnham, a distanee of about e `2 I lliles and 7 chains. CONTRA 3, B. The k xcavat i on and Formation CT of the Earthwork, and the Con struction of all 13rklges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the entire completion (excepting the Materials for, and the forming the permanent wry) of that portion of the Railway extending Nos tk e end of C'ontraet 2, B, to the Boundary -fence between Nos. 21 and •;t4, in the parish of Bridgwater, a distance of about 6.1 miles. The Earthwork in Contracts 1, B, and 2, B, consists principally of the formation of a Causeway of from 1 to 4 feet in height, the materials being obtained from the side ditches ; and, in Contract 3, 11, it is of the same description, with the exception of a short cutting at Pariton, of about 150,000 cube yards. CONTRACT 4, B. The Erection of a Bridge of 100 feet span, across the River Parrot, at a short distance above the town of Bridgwater. Drawings and Specifieations of the above Works will be exhi bited at the Engineer's Office, Coronation-road, Bristol, and at the Clarence Hotel, Bridgewater, on and a ft er Monday, the 14th of Ala..v next. 'Printed Forms of Tender may be had at the same places, and Zit the Company's Offices, Broad-street, Bristol. The Directors will nit consider themselves bound to accept the lowest Tender, and they expect the several parties to attend at the Office, in Broad -street, Bristol, at T we l ve o'Clock on th e sa id 2Uth day of M ay. J. B. BADIIAM, Bristol and Flxeter Railway OMB*, S 3Broad-.street, April 17, 1838. rotary. DOCK. THAMES HAVEN CONTRACT FO WORKS. TO BE CONTRACTED FOR R , IN ONE SUM, the CON STRUCTION of this DOCK. Plans, Sections, and Specifica tions may be seen at the Office of Mr. Giles, Engineer to the Com pany, Beaufort-buildings, Strand. Sealed Tenders are to be sent to the Office of the Company, on or before the 4th June next ; and the Directors do not bind them selves to accept the Lowest Tender. By Order of the Court, • HNY Thames H aven D ock and Railway ß OfficeAINISINCK, Secretary. , 28, Al oorgate-street, London, May 2d, 1838, THE FLEETWOOD TONTINE COMPANY. Capittl 300,000/. , in 3,000 Shares of 1001. each. ~ Th t c ,. Deposit 51. p er Sh are . %barn a 4 pital of the C ompany not to b e divided until 2,400 Shares bu t v. 're become merge d b y the decease of nominees to that extent; g tpitarretors whose nom i nees shall die before the division of 4 Paid 0., Il :.°lei receive sack the w h o l e amount wh i ch they may have Shar. maEcTons. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., 111 P., Chairman. Levi Ames, Es Evan Baillie, Esq. Richard Hart D'avis Esq Henry Barkey, Esq. George Mackintosh,' Esq . Hastings Elwin, Es(k Ba.nkers—Messrs, Smith, Payne, and Smith ; Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. Solicitors —Me s srs. Vizard and Leman. A lengthened PBr Prospectus, Lewis Cubitt, Esq. showing the advantages of this Com thP.iteny in the perfect security of the capital g employed, together with ....riulas and regulations, may be had at their office, 11, Kin , * will am -street City, where applications for Shares must be mallet); letter,. addressed to the Directors, or at the office of their solicitors, 51, Lincoln's Inn -field I _,The . appropriation Of Shares will b e ma d e b y the Directors not later than the Ist of June Next. THEI3IIITISHOAIWANIZATION OF METAL COMPANY. Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 20/. Deposit, 21. p er Sh are. The obj ect of this Company is the manufacture and sale of M etallic pr e p arat i on, hitherto unknown i n this country, to pre serve il-on and copper from rust and oxidation, the machinery and pros' 55 of which are secured by patent. In England where these metals are so extensively used, and their preservation from rust is of such manifest importance, the esta lishment of this Company cannot fail to be of the greatest in terest ; and an enumeration of a few of the various objects capable of being preserved by this invention will at once shew the extensive field opened for its operation. Iron rails, pins, screws, and other articles used in railways. The bright parts of the machinery connected with locomotive engines which are neeessarily exposed to the weather. The filed and bright parts, as well as the steam-boilers, of marine engines. Water tanks for vessels of war and other ships. Chain cables, ship's bolts, k nees, and all other iron works used in ship-building ; likewise copper -sheathing ; all sorts of iron fixed or used in (lamp or wet Isituations as mines, docks, wharfs, Sz.e. &c. Nails, screws, and all , r° o - work u se d i n out -b u i ld i ngs. All copper and brass vessels used for 'culinary purposes. D esirous of making this patent as perfect as possible, its pro !noters have delayed bringing it forward until the present moment, Itt order to test its value by the experiments and calculations of %cientific and practical men ; and it is only after the fullest and most satisfactory investigation that it is now offered to the public, atiatt undertaking which cannot fail to yield large profits. pros pec tus with ample details, will be immediately issued. iltisl2pslireoavtio.ns fo; shares may be addressed, until the 4th of May, to c ' i t to ' r r . Provisional Committee, William care of Paterson, Esq., Soli 4, iv ' 6 8, Old Broad-street ; Thomas I'. Mawe, Esq., Solicitor, ,teens'l Bridge-street ; or at the Offices, 83, Cornhill, whore Spe of the invention may be seen. Irli t, --- ; --- ------ BRITISH GALVANIZATION OF METAL COMPANY. papers the advertisement which has . appeared in several daily It"ni...''r cautioning the public against this Company appeared in . an . ti!.43mous form, the Provisional Committee deemed it unworth) of 4"(7111r notice, but the time has at length arrived when some explana " is due to their Shareholders and the public at large. th; ° °tne time back, and until a very recent period, the promoters of p at s e _,° l ll . pally were in treaty with the French proprietors of Sorel 's pokin°l, in order to introduce it into the United Kingdom ; but upon ig the opinion of an eminent English engineer, there appeared orProbability of its being worked with such success in its present its at as to justify them in paying the enormous sum demanded for . purchase. In this stage of their proceedings, another process With machinery was brought under their consideration, which, ac teiaornding to the report of the same engineer, after a careful examina tion of the specifications and experiments made upon both inven „ s, was more easily worked, and attended with much less expense mkt the French process, and to such a degree as to constitute a dis tinct patent. This patent, which will soon be completed, is secured to the Corn tre:tPany on the most advantageous terms, which must necessarily ly enhance the value of its shares ; while its management will be ntrustcd to a Board of Directors, whose names will be published without_,, loss of time, which will of itself be a guarantee for the safety and value of the undertaking. By Order of the Provisional Committee, °M os, ea, Cornhill. G. BROWN, Secretary, pro. tern. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. AT a Large and Highly Respectable MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the CITY and COUNTY of the CITY of EXETER, and its VICINITY, held in the GUILDHALL, on Monday, the 30th day of April, 1938, called by the Right Worshipful the MAYOR, in pursuance of a Requisition numerously and respect ably signed, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the immediate, entire, and unqualified Abo. lition of the System of NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP in the British Colonies, and of adopting such other measures as may tend to the attain. ment of that object, The Right Worshipful the MAYOR of EXETER in the Chair, The Requisition and notice of Meeting having been read— 't was resolved unanimously. on the motion of the Rev. MATTHEW VICARS, seconded by the Rev. Dr. PAI NE Ist.—That this Meeting feels the deepest regret and disappointment at the denial by Parliament of the Prayer of Petitioners from all parts of the kingdom, for the full and unconditional emancipation of the Prxdial Negro Apprentices in her Majesty's Colonies on the lit of August next, and determine to persevere in its efforts for the imme diate extinction of the present system of Apprenticeship ; the more so, as they cannot contemplate, without the most serious apprehen sions, the approaching period, when a numerous class, who have looked for freedom, will find themselves deprived of it in consequence of fraudulent registration. It was also resolved unanimously, on the motion of Geonce Tnomps_os, Esq., seconded by the Rev. PETER ANsTir, 2d. That the Colonial system of Apprenticeship having been de. signed fer the benefit of the Negro, this meeting does not admit the ex istence of any contract or engagement, expressed or implied, which would render immediate abolition a breach of national faith ; but even admitting that the apprenticeship formed a part of the compensation to the Planters, the conviction is irresistible, from official and other un doubted testimony, that, with a few honourable exceptions, the provi sions of the Abolition Act have been flagrantly and systematically violated by the Planters and Colonial assemblies, and that therefore the Negroes are entitled not only to immediate freedom, but to compen sation for the wrongs which have been inflicted upon them in defiance of the imperial law. It was further resolved unawimonsly on the motion of Mr. JOHN C. SERCOMBE, seconded by the Rev. HENRY ACTON, 3d. That a Petition in accordance with the resolutions which have now passed, be presented to each House of Parliament, to be signed by the Right Worshipful the Mayor on behalf of this meeting, and that the Petition now read be approved and adopted. It was further resolved unanimously on the motion of HENRY SPARICES, Esq., seconded by Mr. JOHN DYMOND, Jun., 4th. That the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Exeter, be respectfully requested to present the Petition to the House of Lords, and that the Petition to the House of Commons be entrusted to Edward Divctt, Esq., M.P., and that they be requested to support the prayer thereof. was further resolved unanimously on the motion of the Rev. NicsioLai HELLINGS, seconded by Mr. KNOTT, _ . sth. That the warmest thanks of this meeting and of all the friends of humanity and justice, are due to George Thompson, Esq , for his un ceasing exertions, in behalf of the negro race, not only in the British Colonies, but wherever and by whom enslaved, and for his powerful ad vocacy of their undoubted right to immediate and unconditional freedom. It was also further resolved unanimously on the motion of GBOHOE THOMPSON, Esq., seconded by ILMEN GOLI WORTHY, Esq., Gth. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Exeter, for his ready compliance with the wishes of the requisitionists in calling this meeting, and presiding over the same. Also for the zeal and ability with which he has conducted the business of the day, and for the warm interest he has uniformily evinced In the cause of suffering humanity. W. J. P. WILKINSON, Mayor. A T a PUBLIC MEETING of the Friends of the Immediate and Unconditional ABOLITION of NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP in the British Colonies, held at the Town.hall, Devenport, on Wednesday, the 2.d of May, 1838, The Right Worshipful the MAYOR in the Chair, It was moved by T. WooLcostint, Esq. ; seconded by the Rev. J. LUNEY, and unanimously resolved, 1. That this Meeting, continuing to maintain that the system of Slavery, under the specious name of Apprenticeship, is alike repugnant to the principles of justice and humanity, as well as to those of the laws of God, feels the deepest regret and the most pungent sorrow in the defeat of Sir G. Strickland's motion, which had for its object the Abolition of this nefarious system on the lit August next. was moved by G. Tuompsow, Esq. ; seconded by the Rev. W. Moants, and unanimously resolved, 2. That this Meeting, deprecating the sentiments of those Members of the House of Commons who would make what are termed vested rights in the lives and liberties of their fellow subjects to supersede the plain and evident dictates of justice and equity, resolve never to relax their most strenuous exertions till this iniquitous and oppressive system shall be entirely abolished. ' was moved by J. REES, Esq. ; seconded by Mr. SLATER, and unani- mously resolved, 3. That the following Petition, praying for the immediate and com plete emancipation of the Negroes in the British Colonies, be presented to the House of Peers by Lord Brougham, and to the House of Corn. mons by Dr. Lushington " That your petitioners have learned with deep regret the result of the late effort of Parliament fur the Abolition of Negro Apprenticeship. " Your petitioners remain deeply impressed with the unalterable con viction, that the entire apprentice population are entitled to immediate and complete emancipation. " Your petitioners therefore earnestly pray your Honourable House forthwith to adopt measures for the immediate extinction of the appren ticeship system in the British colonies. " And your petitioners will ever pray,.. It was moved by the Rev. T. HORTON; seconded by Capt. OLDREY, R.N., and unanimously resolved, 4. The Marquis of Sligo having most nobly and generously declared in his place in the House of Lords, on the 2211 March last, that under all circumstances "He did not think this Legislature could safely protract the apprenticeship system beyond theist of August, 1838. and that whether the Bill, viz , Lord Brougham's, passed or not, there should be no slavery on his estates in Jamaica after the Ist of Aug. next; that, from that time he should have no claim upon the negroes, but that the negroes should have every claim upon him for their past services ; and, further, his Lordship's humane and just administration of the Government of Jamaica having won the entire confidence of the apprentices, and obtained for him the enviable title of the " poor man's friend ;" this meeting begs, therefore, most respectfully to pre sent to the most noble the Marquis of Sligo their warmest thanks for his conduct, and to express their opinion that his Lordship is entitled to the gratitude of the enslaved, and the admiration of the friends of freedom in every part of the world. And that the Right Worshipful the Mayor be requested to sign this resolution on behalf of the meeting, in order that it may be forwarded to his Lordship without delay. It was moved by D. DERRY, Esq., seconded by W. CLARKS, Esq., and unanimously resolved, " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to G. Thompson, Esq., for his attendance this morning, and for his most able and highly satisfactory advocacy of the cause of the immediate emancipation o' the negroes in the British Colonies." It was moved by the Rev. T. WlLLcocics, seconded by Mr. J. ELMS, and unanimously resolved, " That the thanks of this meeting are due to the Worshipful the Mayor for his impartial conduct in the Chair." tiNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, (LATE NORTH LONDON), ST. PANCR AS. The ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will take place at the Freemasons"favern, Great Queen-street, on Wednesday, May 23. The Right Hon. the President, Lord BROUGHAM, in the Chair. STEWARDS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Lei- William Ewart, Esq. cester. The Rev. Dr. Fellowes. The Right Hon. Lord William Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Esq. Bentinck, M. P. Thomas Hewitt. Key, Esq. The Right lion. Visco u nt Eb- Ch ar l es Knight, Esq. rington, M.P. Mr. Alderman Lainson. The Right Hon. Lord Teign- George Meek, Esq. mouth, M.P. Augustus de Morgan, Esq. The Right Hon. Sir J. B. Bosan- William Pegg, Esq. quet. J. L. Prevost, Esq. Sir Charles Lemon, Bart , M. P. Charles Summers, Esq. The Hon. Sir George Rose John Taylor, Esq. The Hon. W. TwisseltonFiennes Martin Thackery, Esq. Sir George Carroll, William Took, Esq., ( Treasurer. ) Sir Moses Montefiore, Sheriffs . John Ward, Esq. George Bishop, Esq. Henry Waymouth, Esq. Samuel Cooper, Esq. John Ashton Yates, Esq. M.P. John Elliotson, M.D. G. A. Young, Esq. Tickets, 21s. each, may be had of the Stewards; at the Tavern ; and of the Secretary, at the Hospital. Dinner on Table at half past 5 for 6 precisely. Subscriptions in aid of this Charity will be thankfully received by the Treasurer, William Tooke, Esq., 39, Bedford row, or 12, Russell-square ;by the Secretary ; and by the following bankers— Messrs. C-outts and Co. ; Messrs Smith, Payne, and Smiths ; Messrs. Scott, Dent, and Co. ; and the London and Westminster Bank and Branches. By order. May 4, 1838. WILLIAM LINTOT, Secretary. TARESS COATS, cut iu the first style of Fashion, 3Os. ; superfine, 40s. to 50e. ; frock coats, silk facings, :38s. and 475. ; ditto, silk velvet sollar and silk facings, SOs. ; trou sers, 6s. 6(1. to It s. O d . ; buckskin, cloth, and kerseymere, 15s. to 255. ; fkncy waistcoats, ss. 6d. to 12s. 6(1. ; rich silk ditto, cloth, and kersymsre, 7s. to 12s. 6d. ; Petersham great. coats, 255. and 30s. ; pilot Coats, dressing -g owns, 10s. 6d. ; boy s ' an d youths ' clothing, tunic dresses, Ws., 215., an d 3 0s. ; shooting j ackets, 18s ; 30s. to 425. ; a suit of clothes for 21 . 17s. ; superfine black 3/. 55 . . ten doors At FISHER and Co.'s, Tail ors , 31 , King William-street, City, on-bridge. LYAIE FTE6T§:i-DORSETSHIRE. MESSRS. MURRAY, TATTERSALL, and MURRAY, Will SELL by AUCTION, at Garraway's Coffee House, London, on Av E ,,, :snAy, the 6th day of June Next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon The Elegant FREEHOLD MANSION called HIGH CLIFF [LOUSE, with Lawn, Plantations, Walled Garden, Icehouse, Capital Four-stalled Stable, Double Coach-house, Servants' Room above, and a Paddock of rich Meadow Land adjoining, containing, in all, about five acres. The residence contains a Dining-room 28 fret by 19, Drawing-room 28 feet by 19, Breakfast Room 19 feet by 164, and Library 19 feet by 16i (each I3i feet in height), Seven best Bed-rooms, Nursery, Four Roomy Attics, Housekeepers' Room, Butlers' Pantry, Kitchen, Scullery, Brewhouse, Laundry, Wine and Beer Cellars (underground) and every other convenience. There is on the premises a covered Tank, sufficiently large to con tain 400 hogsheads of rain water, besides a well of excellent spring water. The Mansion is most delightf u ll y situated close to the town of Lyme Regis, on an eminence commanding extensive views of the English Channel and the surrounding beautiful country, and close to the Turnpike-road leading from Lyme to Sidmouth and Exeter. For Cards to view apply to Mr. England, at the Baths, Lyme Regis; and for further particulars, to Messrs. Murray, Tattersall, and Murray, Surveyors, Land Agent s , and Auctioneers, 47, Par liament -street, London ;if by letter, post paid. many of „ . 5. That the effect of conducting the Coronation of H er M ajesty on the scale of grandeur formerly displayed, would be of the most benefi ac s i a a l t d e e s m c r e i i r , e t i o i l o ni n e all di a branches n o e f e t t e r d a d e w and ith t m a s a t n e u a fa n c d t u fashion,re, es pecially such which are at the present moment in a state of considerable depression. 4. That with these impressions, this meeting experience g reat regret at learning from authority that the Procession, and a great p art of the other ancient usages, are to he dispensed with on this oc cas i on, thus diminishing the proper splendour of the ceremony, and d e p r i v i ng the various trades of the benefits which would otherwise resu l t to them. 5. That an humble petition be presented to the Queen's M a j esty, praying that no curtailment may take place in the ancient forms ob served at the Coronations of the Sovereigns of England, and for such a postponement of the ceremony as may give time to make adequate pre. parations for it. 6. That a Committee be appointed to carry the foregoing resolutions into effect, and that they be requested to make arrangements for such Petition being presented, empowered to wait upon any department of Government in furtherance of its prayer, and to take any other steps calculated to promote the objects of this meeting. 7. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to Mr. Alder man Copeland for his able, courteous, and impartial conduct in the Chair. 8. That the foregoing resolutions be published in such Papers as the Committee may direct. H. T. COPELAND, Chairman. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, May 2d, 1838. T HE Principal OFFICERS of her MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE, do hereby Give Notice, that a quantity of Great Coats and Artillery Clothing, Slow Match, Old Serge and Cuttings ; Cured Paper, Tanned Hides, Forage Cords, Old Wad miltilts, Tinned Copper, Drag Ropes, Mens' Harness, Hair Cloth, Spunge Heads, S m ith s ' B e ll ows, H andscrews, Old Files, Hand Hatchets, Hand Bills, Felling Axes, Barrows, Horse Shoes, Priming Irons, Old Tools, Spunges, Wadhooks, Park Pickets, Hand-crow-levers, Carts, Ulicels, Axletrees and Boxes, Stock Bricks, Old Spokes, and Fire Wood, will be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION in the R o y a l A rsena l Woolwich, on THURSDAY, May 10th, 1838, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely. May be viewed from Ten to Four o'clock, three days previous to the Sale. Catalogues may be had at the Ordnance Office, Pall Mall, Tower of London, and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. By Order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. IJULL, LINCOLN, and NOTTINGHAM RAILWAY, via NEWARK, forming a direct line from HULL to BIRMINGHAM, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Glou cester, Bristol, and Exeter, and also from HULL to LONDON. Capital 750,0001. in shares of 501. each. Deposit 10s. per share. BANKERS.—Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. No further applications for shares can be received after the Bth of May. In the meantime Maps and Prospectuses may he obtained by applying to Williams and Bethel], 14, Lincolin's-inn-Fields. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 69, CORNHILL, LONDON, 36, WESTMORELAND-STREET, DUBLIN ; 45, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL; And 26, CORN-STREET, BRISTOL. Capital, 500,0001. PAraox.—His Grace the DUKE of SOMERSET, F.R. S. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Burges Camac, K.C.S. George Lungley, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D. F. R.S. Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq. C. Farebrother, Esq., Ald. John Rawson, Esq. IL Gordon, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. Robert Holland, Esq., M.P. PHYSICIAN—J. 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A very numerous arid influential meeting of the inhabitants of I)evonport anti its vicinity, took place on Wednesday last, in the Town-hall, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning the Legislature for the immedirte and unquali fied emancipation of the Negro apprentices in the 'West Indies. The meeting excited considerable interest in the neighbour hood, from the circumstance of Sir George Grey, one of the Members for the borough, having taken an active part in for warding the Ministerial measure for the Amendment of the Abolition Act, and in defending the conduct of the West with that the Indianfriends powerful opposition in the course of the proceedings: At twelve o'clock the Hall was crowded Ott !Very part, and and it t Emancipationl4fas e vould m rumouredee t planters of Negro ; shortly afterwards, E. ST. AUBYN, Esq., Mayor of the bo r o u g h, who was loudly cheered on his entrance, took the Chair. On theplatform were the Rev. Messrs. R. Luney, J. Hatch ard, W. J. St. Aubyn, J. Wilcocks, T. Horton, H. Sher man, Dr. Hamilton ; H. H. Evans, Mayor of Plymouth ; W. Prance, D. Derry, Thos. Woolcombe, W. J. Little, C. Tripe, john Gorman, J. Rees, G. F. Somerville, G. Jeffery, R. B. Crane, S. Derry, Esqrs. ; and Messrs. Symon, Blackwell, Elms, Clarke, Willing, Gill, &c. There was a large number of ladies in the body of the Hall. THOMAS WOOLCOMBE, Esq. moved the first resolution. He felt nckordinary degree of satisfaction in doing so, because he had been prevented from attending a former meeting held in that Hall, and because he had heard with regret that some of those who had been loudest in their lip-loyalty in the cause of freedom now thought proper to abandon that cause, and to imagine that expediency could justify their desertion.— (Hear and Cheers.) So long as he (Mr. Woolcombe) was enabled to attend a meeting of his fellow-countrymen, in support of the cause of the injured and oppressed African, so long no earthly considerations would induce him to remain behind.-- ( Cheers. ) NJ question of state policy—no question of personal friendship—no question of private feeling would ever induce him to absent himself from the advocacy of such a cause as they were now engaged in. He would confine his observa tions as much as possible, because, in the first place, there were many Gentlemen to succeed him, who would be able to place the subject in a much stronger and more powerful light ; and also because he felt that the portion of the business that devolved upon him required but very few remarks. He would address himself, especially, to the fallacy into which some exceedingly well meaning persons, to whose motives he was at all times willing to attribute the most perfect consistency, occasionally fell. A great deal had been said, both within and without the walls of the House of Commons, as to the compact which existed between the plant ers and the people of England. Now, the case might stand in that position, that a compact would not be binding, which was in itself illegal. No compact could be binding which was based upon tyranny, injustice, fraud, and oppression.— ( Cheers.) If he succeeded in showing to the meeting that the contract entered into with the West Indian Legislators had been, by their own acts, made fraudulent, oppressive, and tyrannical, from the moment that took place no one was bound to observe its conditions, and the people of England were at once released from all participation in it. The Imperial Le gislature, having recognised the just rights of the negro— although, in his opinion, entertaining a mistaken view of the subject—had thought fit to establish slavery, under the spe cious name of apprenticeship; yet he believed that the pro moters of that measure were actuated by a sincere and honest desire to ameliorate the condition of the slaves. They re quired of the West India planters that they should carry out the provisions of the Abolition Act, by passing certain laws; ,and, with regard to them, Lord Stanley had stated that the 'Legislature of Jamaica had faithfully and effectually abro gated slavery, while the Earl of Aberdeen, in 1835, said that he accepted of the enactments of the Jamaica ,Legislature as being quite satisfactory ; and he should now proceed to consider what had been the result of those laws, as enacted on the one hand, and accepted by the ,Colonial Legislature on the other. lie would not expose him self to the charge of quoting from those who were supposed to be biassed by partiality in favour of emancipation—who might be supposed, from sinister motives, to have suppressed the truth, or placed it in an exaggerated and unfair shape before the public. He would at once state that the quotations he ( should make would be from the speech of the Noble Lord at the head of our Colonial A ffairs. —( Hear.) He would assume that no one would accuse that Noble Lord of undue haste, or of an extremely exaggerated mode of dealing with any sub ject.—( Hear, and a laugh.) Now one of the Acts of the Jamaica Legislature referred to the administration of punish ment in workhouses. And the Imperial Act contained a clause, carefully framed by Mr. O'Connell, for the purpose of pre venting the punishment of females. When it was framed he stated that it was impossible for the art of man to devise a means of escaping from or evading that clause ; and it pro vided in substance that no punishment by the lash should on any pretence be applied to the female negro. Now how did the Jamaica Legislature get out of that ? They said by their law the lash might be applied to free persons, and therefore they chained women to the treadmill, suffering them to batter their limbs to pieces, while the driver was standing behind ap plying the lash—( Cries of " Shame")—and what were Lord Glenclg's sentiments with respect to punishment in the work houses 2—" Many facts had been elicited regarding these workhouses in the course of the examination before a Select Committee of the House of Commons, which proved that the most horrid cruelties were perpetrated in them, and presented a most disgusting picture of' West Indian punishment."—( Hear. ) Such were the sentiments of a man who could not be supposed to have any very strong or heated opinions upon the subject, and that admission had b een wrung from him in the House of Lords, when he brought forward his Bill to alter and amend the Imperial Act. Now, with regard to the treatment of the slaves by the planters, on the principle of feeling an interest in preserving their lives, as the people of E ngland would treat their horses with humanity, in order to get the more work out of t h em —on that principle, the planters were in the habit of granting certain allowances and indulgences to the slaves. The Imperial Act provided that all these indulgences and al lowances should be continued; but the planter had turned cdheiceifsi Justiceon had beenof thea pplrsolavieidd of by Jamaica, l a e i s e s a a , personage who, in round and said that lie had no title to th em by l aw — t h at t h ey wer e merely indulgences, and sho u ld t h ere f ore b e di scont i nued from the bench, th at t h e slave had no legal title j —and which e ich took place before hi m , d ec i ded, in the most op pressive soy, usual been formerly ttit'oti allowances—that r i c t, ss if ° v way, the pl a nt er was not bound to grant them, ill, the negro might die in a ditch.—( Shame, s h ame .) refused t, n, thede r the old What does Lord Glenelg say with respect to that system ? e Many allowances and indulgencies en j oye d b y ,the slaves u had, pint h a ew er a s s . It sorry w to s to allow a mother to attend an y of her children when dan gerous l y ill, and not to requir e her t o make up the time so empl oye d . " And again—" Moth ers who had six children, and a ge d per sons, were not formerly expected to work in th e fi e ld s. He apprentices system by the regretted to have to state that these customs had been discon tinued; and now a mother was refused permission to attend any of her children, even though in a dying state, and old age was • exposed to the same hardships as the confirmed strength of manhood."—( Shame, shame.) These were the assertions of Lord Glenelg in the House of Lords. "It wan a common practice formerly to allow the food of the apprentices to be brought to them in the field where they were at work, and persons supplied them with water dur ing the hours of labour. These indulgences were now, however, in many cases, completely abrogated ; and the a pprentices had to spend the hour which was allowed them for their meals in procuring and cooking their food." The legislature had further provided for the protection of the ne gro, that certain gentlemen should go out from that coun try as special justices, and the generality of those (to whom l ie was glad to say there were some honourable exceptions, a mongst others the Gallant Gentleman on the platform)— (Cheers)—but the generality were men who had filled corn paratively menial stations of life at home—they were received by the planter with treated open arms—they were feasted and with tyrannical views.—( Hear, hear.) The moment, however, any of them stood up for the rights of the negro, or for justice against the oppressor, they were exposed to the most vexa tious and cruel attacks in courts of law, and jurors who had seen summoned to try the case had been heard to declare, Now we have got a special magistrate, we will make an ex-" ample of him." Th e counsel employed were influenced by . , the same , feelin-s e and they said, " Don't give heavier damages than 3001. against the special justice, because if you give more an appeal will be made to the Privy Council of Eng land, and you all know what sort of justice you will meet. with there. "—( A laugh.) Now, with respect to these s p e . cial mistr ag One mode of deterri ng atcs Lord Glenelg says—' the special magistrates from the discharge of their duty was to threaten them with legal proceedings' There were not many; cases in w hi ch this threat had been carried into effect; but the dread of such a result was often sufficient to discourage ma gistrates from the exercise of their functions. In all cases which umeistrates had been condemned to pay fines for dis_ charging their duty by the colonial courts, the Government of this country had felt it to be its duty to indemnify them ; but what could repay them for the loss, the anxiety—nay, the con telnely, to which they had been subjected ? Another model of annoyance which had been practised was to summon a zea.l lous magistrate before the House of Assembly to give evi--1 `fence • before a Committee, to detain him in the place where , the House met for several weeks, and to dismiss him at length without examination at all." The fact was, so long as they played the game of the West India nlanters—so long as they made the fes tered negroes the objects of their persecution, they were tered and encouraged; but the moment they mentioned the word " ' • became their justice" for the negroes, the planters direst foes. —(Hear, hear.) They had all heard of the case of Dr. Palmer, one of the most honourable and upright among those who filled the office of special magistrate. He rendered himself obnoxious to the planters, by doing justice to the apprentices. A court of inquiry' was held upon him, and the report concluded in these words :—" Having been called on to report and give an opinion on the administration of the law by the special justices of St. Thomas-in-the-Vale, we must observe that Special Justice Palmer has adminis tered the law in the spirit of the English Abolition Act ; that 41 his administration of the law he has adapted it rather to the - "glen of free men, than to the understanding of ap comprenes prenticed labourer and that the present state of St. Tho -7; mas-in-the- Vale is to be a,...eributed to such a mode of adminis tering the Abolition Law !" I \ — ,,sw was it creditable—could it be believed in the nineteenth centu;':,. that when such a report as that was laid before the officer ent::'isted with the administration of the Colonial law, he should prore7unc,e this sentence, " that Dr. Palmer be suspended from his on,. c —(oh !) Now when such proceedings and such results took Place—when the spirit of the law and British Constitution was thus openly outraged, could any man dare get up in the House of Commons, or before any assembly of his fellow-countrymen, and say, that it was a contract that ought not to be infringed? —( Cheers.) But he would give one instance more. He would bring before them a case of the most revolting tyranny, which admitted of no question as to the facts, because it con tained not only statements of a special magistrate, but also of a colonial jury at a coroner's inquest, and the overseer of ..fainaica workhouse.—(Cheers, and hear, hear.) The report was from Major Thomas Baines, and it appeared been sent from a plantation from it that semi women had. called Leith Hall to wlset was called Lhe penal gang, and Mr. Cooke writes—" These women above-oat: ed are in perfect e lves , health, but evince such a determination to injury themselves on the tread-mill, that I consider it necessary that to corn miffing magistrate should see them at work, and participat." with me in the responsibility of continuing their punishment." And a postscript was added -to the letter in these words : " The woman named Louisa Beveridge died on the tread-mill this morning I" Mr. TOWSON here exclaimed—" The woman died of apo •plexy." Mr. Wootcosine—l am exceedingly glad that the gentle man has mentioned the fact; but in a medical view, you will presently see what foundation there is for it, and that instead of diminishing the sin, the crime, and the disgrace, it will add forty thousand-fold to them.—( Hear.) The special Justice, Mr. Baines, repofts to the Government on the authority of Mr. Cooke:—" On visiting the House of Correction this forenoon, I found that one of the women who were sent in yesterday from Leith Hall had died. It appears that she, as well as others sent in by you from that place, refused to step the wheel, and was in consequence tied by the arm; to the hand-rail. I saw the woman yesterday in perfect health. I cannot see how any blame can attach to any quarter, except to the unfortunate woman herself, yet it is proper and necessary that we take all the pains in our power to discover the real cause of such a lamentable accident, and, if possible, to pre vent a recurrence of such." Now, if it should happen that the result of such horrid treatment, and the suspension of these unfortunate human beings by the hands, had induced such a state of disease as to occasion apoplexy in one who was the day before " in perfect health".---( Hear, hear, hear)—such may have been its medical result, he was not prepared to deny it; but he would ask, was that a plea that ought to be brought before an assembly of Englishmen, as even the shadow of the shade of an excuse for such disgusting barbarity and cruelty ?—( Hear, and great cheering.) The meeting would be curious to hear what Lord Glenelg said upon the subject :—" It appears that out of eleven deaths which have occurred in that workhouse since January, 1835, three were confessedly owing to injuries re ceived on the treadmill; and the remaining eight are ascribed to the visitation of God ; under which general description, it is obvious, that many cases may have been included in which the death of the prisoner was not unconnected with the treat ment which he had previously undergone. It is admitted, that the regulations of the workhouse do not prevent prisoners confined there for life from having iron collars rivetted round their necks, and they may authorise other modes of punishment equally objectionable. lam not, indeed, unaware either of the necessity or of the difficulty of compelling prisoners to sub mit to punishment on the tread-wheel; nor am I prepared to give any definite instructions on that head without a revision of the whole system of prison discipline, a subject which is now under consideration. In the meantime, however, I have no hesitation in declaring, that any mode of compelling pri soners to submit to the discipline of the workhouse, by which their lives are endangered, is absolutely unallowable. The proper course to be adopted with prisoners who will not sub mit to one kind of punishment, is to substitute for it some other which is found by experience to be less tolerable I!" Now his Lordship was not prepared to make any alteration without a revision of the whole prison discipline, which was then under the consideration of the Colonial office. He had always undertood that Lord Glenelg was one of the most amiable and religious of men, and unless there was some most extraordinary mistake here, it would appear as if he wished to establish some system which would be " less tolerable" than death by flogging, while hanging on the treadmill. But if that were not so, it must be that the labour of correcting his despatch was too great, and that he allowed the words "less tolerable," to remain, rather than undergo the fatigue of sub. stunting others. That was the only excuse that could be offered for sending so atrocious a despatch.—( Cheers.) He could go on for hours quoting cases of equal atrocity, but he had said enough to establish the iniquity of the system, and to rouse the indignation of the British public.—( Loud cheering.) They had been told that it was equally unfair to bring charges against all the planters, as to assert that all the persons having apprentices in England were guilty of the same atrocities, equal to those of the woman Brownrig.g. Such, lie admitted would be an unfair assumption, but he contended that any system that led to such atrocities should be at once put an end to, and that no man should dare to stand up in a meeting of Englishmen, and bring forward a case of equal cruelty elsewhere as a justification of the system. —( Applause.) He contended that had a second case similar to Brownrigg's occurred, the whole country would be aroused from John-o'- Groat's to the Land's End, and demand the the extinction of all apprenticeship in England.—( Vehement cheering.) But when there was not one, but twenty, cases of such cruelty to adduce—when the table of the House of Com mons was loaded with evidence of a similar kind, were Eng lishmen to submit tamely to the continuance of such villainous atrocity ?—( Cheers.) What was the remedy for this? Was it to suffer that unhappy race to continue for two years longer subject to the iron dominion of the planter ?—( No, no.) Was it with the fallacious hope, that having lost all interest in the labour of the slaves they would cease to torture and op press them ? Was it from any hope of that sort that the people of England had been taxed to the amount of twenty millions to put a stop to the system ? Let them recollect that the man who had it in his power to stop the atrocity, and ne glected to do it, was equally guilty with the inhuman monsters who carried the system into effect.—( Cheers.) Let not the present generation pass away with such a stain upon the na • tional character; and if the Ministers would not listen to the voice of the people of England, by whose voice they were called to the Government of the country, and by whose voice alone they were continued in their present position--( Hear) — if they were not prepared to do what justice and equity de manded of them, let them, without any considerations of State policy, be driven from their places with contempt and indig nation.—( Vehement cheering.) He fervently hoped that such a result would not take place--( Hear)—he fervently hoped they would see the iniquity of the course they had hitherto pursued. He trusted they would at length listen to the voice of humanity, and reason, and religion; but whatever the result might be, no earthly power would ever induce him to abstain from lifting up his voice against them, or against any other men, who would dare to continue such an atrocious and infamous system.—(Much cheering.) The Rev. R. LUNEI, in seconding the resolution, observed that the task more properly belonged to the gentleman by whom the Anti-Slavery Society was represented in the metro polis ; but in consequence of his absence he (Mr. Luney), had been deputed to undertake it, and the loss would be to the meeting and to himself. It was due to the Anti-Slaters- Society to explain what their proceedings had been since they had met in that hall in December last. Since that time their cause had sustained a temporary defeat ; but, from what lie saw around him, and from what he witnessed in other parts of the kingdom, it could hardly be said that their enemies had obtained a triumph.—( Cheers.) At the commencement of March last, the Anti- Slavery Society, knowing by certain in dications that the crisis of their cause was approaching, issued notices to every part of the kingdom, calling upon the friends of the negro to come up to London, and consult upon the best means of carrying that great and important question. The consequence was, that a number of delegates from various parts of the United Kingdom, including the whole of the great towns, assembled at Exeter-hall on the 27th March last, to the number of 400, and a variety of resolutions were passed, pledging themselves to an uncompromising adherence to the principles they had put forth in December last.—( Hear. ) A memorial was adopted to the head of the Colonial-office, and Lord Glenelg acquiesced in their wish for an interview. They met his Lordship in Downing-street, and presented a memorial explanatory of their objects, and declaratory of their sentiments, and pledging themselves, as the representatives of the Anti-Slavery body, not to cease their exertions, until slavery, under whatever guise or name, should cease through out her lilsjesty's dotninions.—( Cheers. ) The following day a resolution for the extinction of slavery on the Ist August next was brought forward by Sir G. Strickland in the house of Commons. They went there, hoping it would be carried; but on a division there were 215 for it, and 269 against it— leaving them in a very large minority of only 54.—( Hear. ) It was due to the Anti- Slavery body to advert to the causes assigned for the failure of the question. By one class of politicians, it was asserted that it was because they had availed themselves of the eloquence of Lord Brougham in the House of Lords, and of Mt. O'Connell in the House of Commons. By an opposite class it was alleged that they had failed in consequence of their unnecessary and unwarrantable severity towards her Majesty's Ministers. These could not both be true, and he should prove to them that neither was true.—( Hear.) He ( Mr. Luney) was no advocate of Lord Brougham, nor no admirer of Mr. O'Con nell's conduct, although he was in this instance before them ; but thus much he would say that if all who professed to advo cate the abolition of slavery had acted as they did, they would not have been put to the necessity of attending there that day. He would confidently assert that among these 400 delegates there was not one of them who knew any class of politicians aS s eft, and lac de ed any n e e n to tell him what were the politics of any one of these .400 by his conduct, for every man of them were prepared to make' a semi, flee of his political predilections for the accomplishs vent of their great object.—( Cheers.) He had frequently heard their eloquent friend (Mr. Thompson), and ' he did not know what his politics were.- could make any guess at the politics body, he would say that nine-tenths consistent, uncompromising supporters ters, and he mentioned it to their hone the honour to belong to them.—(Ch he would say that a proposition for a v Majesty's Ministers was negatived a, delegates by a very large majority.—, after that he should hear no more oi He was not prepared to vindicate the speeches or opinions of every one of the 400, for he had never been at a meeting of tees persons with whom he could go along in every statementaad opinion, and it was not to be wondered at then, that in solergs a body the zeal of some run assay with their discretion. H would then, on behalf of his friends and himself, solemnly disclaim any politi ca l o bj ec t s , motives, or views in the pro ceedings of that day.—( Hear.) The question itself was not one of politics —it was one of justice and of religion, and ho felt that he would have been guilty of a dereliction of duty if he did not make that statement. On these grounds he would venture to pray of the meeting to leave political feelings and predilections at the door of the hall—to conduct themselves, not as men but as 'Christians, and he did hope, that not eeithstanding the placard that had been put forward by ate enemy, Devonport would not be the only single solitary ex ception, or o btain the bad pre-eminenc e o f b e i ng th e on l y t ome in the kingdom :hat had looked at the question through a po litical medium.—(C,heers.) It would be utterly impossible to deal with the quOst ion without referring t o me n and measures,—it would be utterly impossible for them to maintain their true position without referring to the speeches of Members of Parliament ; but if he had occasion to refer to them, he would refer to them as men, and not as Members, as Members at least, and not as Ministers. With these observations he would consider the resolution, which set forth that the system of slavery under the specious name of apprenticeship was still in existence, and was alike repug nant to the British Constitution and the Christian religion._ ( Hear.) He trusted that on the present occasion he would not be called to order as he had heed at Stonehouse—non mesas Mc sernto—it was the resolution that :spoke, and nut him- They were aware that in 1833 an Act was passed for the entire abolition of slavery in her Majesty's' dominions._ that Lord St,; `*ley made use of the important words, that from and after the Ist if August, 1834, slavery should be, and is hereby utterly abolcs. ll cd, and illegal throughout the British plantations, colonies, and . possessions; and that the power of the whip, as a stimulus to shall cease ; that females shall not be flogged; that the nree ls shall be liable to work e'e; for their masters a certain number or Hors in each week ; and l e that no part of th e twenty millions shall Ise aid until adequate provision h as b een ma d e f or carr yi ng these principles into effect. Lord Stanley added that from the passing of that n et every slave should enjoy all the privileges of a freeman—that no taint of his servile condition should remain, that he should be freed from the atrocious system of irresponsible corporeal pnnisiement, placed in the full enjoyment of his domestic ties—that : he should see his nearest and dearest connections at home freed from the insulting lash ; that he should have a right to acquire property ; and that, in short, he should enjoy all the prvileges of a free man, subject only to the one restriction of workinga certain number of hours per week for his master. Wisat could be more beautiful in theory? Was it any wonder that !•hey were in a paroxysm of delight, and that it overflowed to the tune of twenty millions ?—( Uear, hear.) But did they get what the Act promised ? He contended they had got no such thing. They had get rid of the nan;e " lucus a non lucendo"—they had apprenticeship where none of the; conditions of the indenture were observed by the master. They had nothing to learn but the art and mystery of freemen, and eou!si they acquire that front uncompromising and relentless tyrants ?—(Much cheering.) Were they to learn freedom from men whose whole life long had been utterly destitute of the least approximation to its practice ?—( Cheers. ) No—the thing wa s :Absurd. They were called freemen, and yet they could not wander beyond the bounds of their master's plantation without incurring the punishment of twenty lashes. They were not freemen, be cause they could not go visit a sick wife or child without re ceiving twenty lashes. They were not freemen, because for intoxication they received fifty lashes ; and he would ask them, was there any person in her Majesty's colonies who would suffer such a punishment for such an offence. Mark— he did not say that they did not deserve it.—(Latighter.) All he insisted on was, that they did not receive it.—( Hear.) He had told them what the negroes were not—he could now tell what they were—they were men, brethren, and they were slaves.—( Hear, hear.) He admitted that the apprenticed labourers had received some benefit from the Bill—the aboli tion of the irresponsible and indiscriminate use of the cart whip was a great thing ; but it was almost the only advantage they had gained. But they had been subjected to atrocious and vile cruelty, unknown in the previous state of slavery— for if the provisions of the Bill had been fairly carried out, the present universal demand for the immediate extinction of the system would not have existed. Not one of its provsions had been fairly carried out. The Act provided that a definite number of hours should be allowed the negro for working his own grounds—that certain allowances, food, and clothing should be continued to him—that the punishment of the lash should, as regarded females, be entirely abolished—that an equitable classification of the slaves into prredials and non-prse dials—these outlandish names which Lord Stanley was much attached to, forgetting his own Saxon English—( A laugh) —should take place, that they might be entitled to their freedom respectively on the Ist of August, 1838, and and Ist of August, 1840—they should receive all the indul gences in the time of sickness and infirmity to which they were previously entitled. He was, perhaps, trespassing upon their time, but they were not aware of the lamentable igno rance that existed in that town with respect to the details of the system. The Act provided that none of the apprentices, on what were called home-fed colonies, should work more than 45 hours per week ; that on Sunday he might be able to wor ship his God ; that on Saturday he nneeht attend his market ; and, on the half of Friday, he might be able to cultivate his own provision ground.—(Hear, hear, !icor.) What was the conduct of the planters ? They divided the eight hours per day so as to spread it over the whole of the week, and, by this means it was utterly iinpossibio for him to cultivate his ground, which was, in many cases, two, three, or four miles from the plantation, and, in some in stances, ten or twelve. With respect to food it had been ascertained that, in some instances, the rations had been re duced one-half, or even less. Twenty-one pints of farinaceous food per week was the allowance under tile former system, but now it had been reduced to ten, and in some instances to six pints per week.—( Shame.) When the Bill for carrying the Abolition Act into effect had been brought into the Legislature in Guiana, it was only by the casting vote of Sir James Car michael Smith that they were enabled to carry it, and the Bill for the classification of Negroes had been rejected by them altogether. Then, with respect to the treatment of the sick in hospitals, he could with great truth affirm, that suffering and disease was in all the Colcnics regarded as a crime. He had now adverted to a few of the heads on which the provisions of the Abolition Act had been systematically ()ri med and violated; and here he might be asked for his evi dence, because such a state of things was enough to render the most credulous incredulous ; and if he had not felt it his duty, as the delegate from Plymouth, to bestow some time upon the subject, he might have been as credulous - as others. What was his evidence ? Not as Mr. Gladstone had the hardihood to assert, for he (Mr. Luney) had heard hint say it —the evidence of anonymous slanderers. Not as Sir G. Grey had stated—that of ex parte evidence. Not as Lord J. Russell had asserted—from those who were said to hash created the excitement, and iv have practised frauds upon public meetings. He would not allude to them, although he was content to receive them as the statements of men of un eompromisims integrity, and of unimpeachable truth, and whose word he would take as soon as that of any of her Ma je sty's Ministers. No the evidence he should offer would be that to which Sir G. Grey himself directed the attention of the public and the House of Commons—the dispatches of Governors—the reports of Special Magistrates—the Acts of the Colonial Legislature—the Reports of Parliamentary Com mittees—and the Bill brought in which was founded on them. Then there was the evidence of Lord Sligo, who had been Governor of Jamaica four months anterior to the passing of the Act, and twenty-two months after it had passed. No man was in a better situation to observe the working of the system in all its departments. When he told them that Lord Sligo was one of the largest slave proprietors in Jamaica, they would admit that his prejudices would not go along with the Abolitionists--that if he had any prejudices resulting from the possession of such property, they could not have been in favour of the Abolitionists. All that proved that Lord Sligo was not only a competent, but a credible and an impartial wit ness. What was the opinion of Lord Sligo with respect to the Jamaica planters ? " Considerable apprehension," he says, " was felt at that time, respecting the probable conduct of the negroes on the eventful Ist of August ; a feeling, however, in which those who did not see how it could be the interest of the slaves to interfere with the progress of an enactment so manifestly for their benefit, did not participate." Having had that disproved by the fact, they then passed it to the Christmas holidays. But they also passed off with the same orderly and regular conduct on the part of the negroes, although the want of verification of their prophecies did not prevent them from repeating them, and if they did not happen at the Christmas holidays, it was said they would occur at some time, although when that would be was not stated. With respect to the manlier in which the laws were administered they had again Lord Sli g o's testimony :—" Th e s pi r it i n w hi c h th e y are administered in Jamaica gives them a totally different character—the truth is, that there arc no sympathies between the two classes—the magistrates, and those on whose conduct they have to adjudicate : and that, without. imputing any cor rupt motives to the one, the result is most unfavourable to the other." It would recopy more time than they could spare to go through the whole of the pamphlet, but he would give them one instance of the way in which the system which Lord Glenelg termed "auspicious," worked :—" An overseer, a book-keeper, a policeman, an estate constable, or even any idler riding out for anius meat, sees a black man walking along the road with a huielle, or, what is most frequent, a basket of pr o vi s i ons on hi s h ea d ; ---he stops him, questions hina—and if the man does not give air explanation satisfactory to the inquirer--if the negro does not succeed in giving what he considers to he sufficient eN planaliun--!to takes him for which he is entitled to a certain premium, and HIT; ieim generally before the nearest local magistrate for examination and in order to get the reward to which he is entitled for ap. prehending a runaway, urges the man's committal to the workhouse. The MITI, generally, has not the means at hand of proving to the magistrate who and what he is; and that officer, naturally not wishing to let a runaway escape, commits hirn on suspicion. As soon as he reaches the workhouse, he is at ones chained to some other fell ow pr i soner b y a collar' round his neck, and he. is sent out, in the penal, or chain NEW COMIC SONG. pHE WEATHER EYE .OR MURPHY'S ALMANAC, singing every night with unbounded applause, by Mr. Hammond, at the Strand Theatre. Words by AIONCRIEFF. Arranged to a popular Irish Air, by M. P. Coital. CHAPTER of CROWS, singing also by Mr. Hammond in " Sam Weller." John Limbird and Co., Music and Musical Instrument Ware house, 143, Strand. NEW WORK BY PAUL PRY. On the sth instant, will be published, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Twenty-four Illustratio ns an d Thirty-six vols., ODDITIES OF LONDON LIFE. By PAUL PRY. 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